Haystacker



F. SMITH HAY STACKER May 28, 1929.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 11, 1928 an mate c May 28, 1929.

F. SMITH HAY STACKER nated in the several views of the drawings 'Patented May 28, I929.

UNITED STATES 'A'rer .rrics.

FRANCIS SMITH, or sin'r, oononano.

HAYSTACKER.

I Application filed January 11, 1928. Serial No. 246,001.

This invention relates to appliances for forming hay, straw, and likematerial into stacks or ricks, and provides an article of the natureindicated which may be readily transported from one place to another,and

which is adjustable and capable of being For a full understanding of theinvention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and the drawings hereto attached, in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan View of a hay stacker embodying the invention.

- Figure 2 is a vertical, longitudinal sectional View thereof, thedotted lines showing an adjusted position of the stacker and the movablesections pushed in to reduce the length of the device for convenience ofhandling and storing.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view.

Figure 4 is a front view of the hay pusher.

Figure 5 is a detail view of a portion of the base and the uprightspivoted thereto.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and desigby like reference characters.

The stacker comprises a base which 1ncludesrunners 1, cross braces 2 andend bars 3. Posts 4 extend upwardly from the front ends of the runners 1and other posts 5 are pivotally connected at their lower ends to therear ends of the runners 1. Plates 6 are secured to opposite sides ofthe posts 5 and their lower ends embrace opposite sides of the runners 1and are pivoted thereto, as indicated at 7 Braces 8 connect the upperends of the posts 4 to the runners l, and support a windlass 9, which isoperable by means of a crank 10. A pin 10 insertable in openings formedin the brace 8 adjacent the crank 10 is adapted to engage the latter andhold the Windlass 9 in the required adjusted position. Posts 11 areslidable on the posts 5 and are held thereto by means of loops orkeepers 12 and 13,'thc loops 12 being attached to the posts 5 andloosely re-' ceiving the posts 11 and the loops 13 being attached to thelower ends of the posts 11 and loosely engaging the posts 5. Guidepulleys 14 are i the posts 5. Guide pulleys 15 are provided at the lowerends of the postsll. A cable 16 fast at one end to the Windlass 9 passesaround the guide pulleys 14 and 15'and is attachedat the opposite endtothe posts 11. Rotation of the windlass' 9winds the cables 16 thereonand elevates theposts 11 which provided at the upper ends of maybe heldin the adjusted position by 9 means of the pin 10? engaging the crank10. Cross braces 1? connect the postsll. v

A sectional hay rack is mounted upon the posts rising from the base 1and is pivoted to the upper ends of the posts 4 and rigidly connected tothe upper ends of the posts 11.

The sections comprising the rack are of similar formation. The mainsection of the hav rack is designated generally by the numeral 18 andthe supplemental section by The section 19 is adapted the numeral 19.

to be extended, indicated by the full lines in Figures 1 and 2 or it maybe pushed in to'reduce the length of the stacker, as indicated bythedotted lines in Figure 2. The section 18 comprises side members 20 andtransverse members 21. Across piece 22 connects the side members 20adjacent their lower ends and is mounted in the upper ends of the posts4 to turn freely therein. Spaced longitudinal bars 23 are attached tothe transverse members 21 and form the bed of the rack section 18.Braces 24 extend between the lower endsof the posts 11 and the side.members 2().- The extension rack section 19 comprises transverse members25 and longitudinal bars 26. The bars 26 pass through the spaces formedbetween the bars -23, forward displacementof thesection 19 beingprevented by the. upper rear transverse member 25 engaging the rear ofthe bar 22. lVhen the section 19 is drawn forv ward, it is supportedupon the ground and upon either the cross piece 22 or the lowertransverse member 21.

A hay pushing device is provided to cooperate with the stacker andincludes a frame 27 mounted upon rollers 28 and a cross head 29 at theforward end of the frame 27. A push pole 30 is adapted tobedetachablyconnected withthe frame 27, and

. nions which in the side members 01 the frame 27, and v1n length tosuit the stacker so as to move the hay, or like material there over inthe formation eta stack or rich. A cross bar 31 at the forward end ofthe push pole 30 is provided at its ends with trunengage circular seats31 formed may be of any this manner connection is provided for betweenthe push pole and frame 27, with allowance for a turning of the partsincident to the travel of the frame 27 over thesections lS'and 19 of thehay rack. A team 01 horses is adapted to be hitched to the rear 7 end ofthe push pole 30, wherebyto advance r the pusher and move the hay orOther material over the device in the formation of the stack or rich.

Having thus described the inventioinl claim: Y

1. A hay stacker comprising a base, a rack mountedupoii the base andcomprising similar maiii and supplemental sections,

each of the sections including spaced longttudln'al bars and transversemembers con necting the bars, the main section being pivoted to thebase, and the supplementalseo tien being slidable to I vary theeffective length of the rack, and having its bars passa sectional rackmounted upon the base and comprising a n'iain'pivoted "section and asupplemental sliding section, each 0t the sections including spacedlongitudinal bars and transverse members connecting the bars,

the lower transt-erse member of the main section being pivotally mountedin the said front posts and forming supporting means for the upper rearend of the supplemental sliding section, and serving to limit the for-Ward movement of the s'liclingseetion by engaging the upper reartransverse member thereof. c

In testimony whereofI affix my signature.

FRANCIS SMITH. [L. s]

